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![Heini Vanninen](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/56/5286308.jpg)
Digital transformation
Marketing
Social media
Influencer marketing
International entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167
147
0.880
![Tom Christie](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
mass media and public policy
political and international communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
31
0.187
![Tobias C Van Veen](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/55/4545147.jpg)
Communication studies
critical media theory
speculative race theory
philosophy of technology
posthumanism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
90
0.566
![Tracey Quigley Holden](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Rhetoric and public address
political communication
organizational communication
international and global communication
happiness and wellbeing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
50
0.382
![Sunny Emmanual Udeze](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/82/4593214.jpg)
International Communication
Public Relations Advertising
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
83
0.654
![Wei Huang|Kristin Huang](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a8/5242174.jpg)
journalism
social media
international communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
101
0.871
![Nalini Asha Biggs](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
critical disability studies
special education
comparative and international education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
57
0.582
![Noor Hayat](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/dc/4738921.jpg)
Media Framing
International and Political Communication
Agenda framing
Fifth-generation warfare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
81
0.964
![Nurul Nisa Omar](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d9/4801251.jpg)
Media Studies
Educational Technology
Arts and Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
76
0.927
![Jane Gatewood](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/0a/5694106.jpg)
film history
english literature
international education
international partnerships
global higher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
47
0.746
![Baldvin Thor Bergsson](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Political Science
Political Theory
International Theory
Democratic Theory
Social Media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
30
0.492
![Keyan Lai](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e1/5245527.jpg)
International Business
Institutional Change
Crisis Management
Entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
57
0.983
![David Tuwei](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Digital Media
International Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
37
0.712
![Muhammad Shawal Bin Abdul Rashid](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/bd/4801253.jpg)
communication
media
social media
journalism
cyberbullying
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
44
1.000
![Mughees-Uddin Sheikh](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2e/4742666.jpg)
International Communication
Mass Media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
19
0.442
![Md. Shamsul Islam](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/11/5013270.jpg)
Journalism
Communication
Media Studies
International Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
19
0.543
![Gustavo Fuchs](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Media studies
International Relations
International Law
Politics
Religious media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
23
0.852
![Светлана Велитченко](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/cf/5025879.jpg)
Journalism
Media language
Legal Basic of Journalism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
17
0.680
![Xiang Meng 孟祥](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ae/5162800.jpg)
digital media
public opinion
political communication
health communication
international communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
21
1.000
![Che Nur Amalina S Che Zainal](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f1/4842053.jpg)
COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA
WELL-BEING
INTERNET USAGE
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
18
1.000
![Surhita Basu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/65/5464223.jpg)
online journalism
politics of knowledge
social media
virtual identity
international political communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
12
0.800
![Osiac Daniela Dana|Osiac Daniela, Osiac Dana](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Communication
History
Anthropology
International Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
6
0.400
![Azeri Matin Alireza|A A Matin](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/94/4960481.jpg)
Media and Communication Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
13
1.000
![Damien Ng](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a6/5614081.jpg)
Media Discourse Analysis
Political Communication
International Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
![Sana Rauf ^-^](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/20/4739766.jpg)
Media and Communication
Journalism
International Relations and Cultural Diplomacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
Heini Vanninen
Lappeenranta University of Technology
Lappeenranta, Finland
![Finland](/flags/fi.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167
147
0.880
Digital transformation
Marketing
Social media
Influencer marketing
International entrepreneurship
Tom Christie
University of Texas Arlington
Arlington, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
31
0.187
mass media and public policy
political and international communication
Tobias C Van Veen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
90
0.566
Communication studies
critical media theory
speculative race theory
philosophy of technology
posthumanism
Tracey Quigley Holden
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
50
0.382
Rhetoric and public address
political communication
organizational communication
international and global communication
happiness and wellbeing
Sunny Emmanual Udeze
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
83
0.654
International Communication
Public Relations Advertising
Wei Huang|Kristin Huang
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
![Hong Kong](/flags/hk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
101
0.871
journalism
social media
international communication
Nalini Asha Biggs
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
57
0.582
critical disability studies
special education
comparative and international education
Noor Hayat
University of Central Punjab
Lahore, Pakistan
![Pakistan](/flags/pk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
81
0.964
Media Framing
International and Political Communication
Agenda framing
Fifth-generation warfare
Nurul Nisa Omar
International University of Malaya Wales
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
![Malaysia](/flags/my.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
76
0.927
Media Studies
Educational Technology
Arts and Communication
Jane Gatewood
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
47
0.746
film history
english literature
international education
international partnerships
global higher education
Baldvin Thor Bergsson
University of Iceland
Reykjavík, Iceland
![Iceland](/flags/is.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
30
0.492
Political Science
Political Theory
International Theory
Democratic Theory
Social Media
Keyan Lai
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
57
0.983
International Business
Institutional Change
Crisis Management
Entrepreneurship
David Tuwei
University of Iowa
Iowa City, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
37
0.712
Digital Media
International Communication
Muhammad Shawal Bin Abdul Rashid
International University of Malaya Wales
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
![Malaysia](/flags/my.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
44
1.000
communication
media
social media
journalism
cyberbullying
Mughees-Uddin Sheikh
University of Central Punjab
Lahore, Pakistan
![Pakistan](/flags/pk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
19
0.442
International Communication
Mass Media
Md. Shamsul Islam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
19
0.543
Journalism
Communication
Media Studies
International Relations
Gustavo Fuchs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
23
0.852
Media studies
International Relations
International Law
Politics
Religious media
Светлана Велитченко
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
17
0.680
Journalism
Media language
Legal Basic of Journalism
Xiang Meng 孟祥
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
![Hong Kong](/flags/hk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
21
1.000
digital media
public opinion
political communication
health communication
international communication
Che Nur Amalina S Che Zainal
International University of Malaya Wales
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
![Malaysia](/flags/my.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
18
1.000
COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA
WELL-BEING
INTERNET USAGE
Surhita Basu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
12
0.800
online journalism
politics of knowledge
social media
virtual identity
international political communication
Osiac Daniela Dana|Osiac Daniela, Osiac Dana
University of Craiova
Craiova, Romania
![Romania](/flags/ro.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
6
0.400
Communication
History
Anthropology
International Relations
Azeri Matin Alireza|A A Matin
International University of Malaya Wales
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
![Malaysia](/flags/my.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
13
1.000
Media and Communication Studies
Damien Ng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
Media Discourse Analysis
Political Communication
International Relations
Sana Rauf ^-^
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
Media and Communication
Journalism
International Relations and Cultural Diplomacy